On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
But it seems as if it were the prevalent opinion in Paris, that an unfeeling heart and an undoubting confidence are the sole qualifications for a perfect legislator.
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Edmund Burke
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In his critique of the French Revolution, Burke observes the prevailing view in Paris that a legislator's only necessary qualities are a lack of emotion and absolute self-assurance.
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